STAR TREK MOVIE MEMORIES
Written by William Shatner
Narrated by William Shatner
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About this audiobook
The sequel to the bestselling Star Trek Memories, documenting in deliciously lurid and candid detail all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans in the making of the six Star Trek movies, with on-the-scene reporting from the set of the seventh in which...Kirk dies!
Star Trek Movie Memories recounts all the chaos, creative turmoil, backstage politics, power plays and production nightmares that permeated every one of the six Star Trek movies, including the accumulated grudges that haven't yet mellowed with the passage of time. And the stories... Nicholas Meyer writing the script for Star Trek II in twelve days... Kirstie Alley doing her Leonard Nimoy imitation in an audition... How Kirk's love interest in Star Trek IV began as a role for Eddie Murphy, and you can imagine the rest (or maybe not).
With stories and quotes from the principles that have never before been uttered in public, this will deliver a truly unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of the Trek films that will amaze even the most avid Trekker. And on top of it all, the hardcover will be published in time for the seventh film, which will present the perfect opportunity to tie the old crew and stars including Robert Wise, Ricardo Montalban, Christopher Lloyd, Christopher Plummer, Christian Slater to Patrick Stewart and the cast of The Next Generation. The torch will be passed, and William Shatner will tell us all about how it feels as his character is killed off in the film's finale.
William Shatner
As well as playing Captain Kirk in the Star Trek tv series and in seven spin-off films, William Shatner also starred in the popular series T.J. Hooker and recently won an Emmy and Golden Globe for his role in Boston Legal. In addition to his prolific career as an actor, he has worked as a musician, author, producer and director.
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Reviews for STAR TREK MOVIE MEMORIES
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I just love hearing William Shatner read, and the stories are funny. The insights and bit of gossip is light hearted and just nice as a little escape from the news. Cheers.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Even reading the book, Shatner reading this adds a new dimension to not just the book but the Star Trek Series as well. If you ever happen to read this Mr Shatner, thank you for a lifetime of inspiration.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I'm a Star Trek fan, but this book was bad.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not as good as I thought it would be, his ego seemed to get in the way
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Interesting -- many new insights and tool me back in time to my youth
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a very interesting look into the history of Star Trek told through the perspective of William Shatner. Full of details, both about the episodes and the behind the scenes politics that shaped the fate of Star Trek. Having read other cast member's stories, it was interesting to see things from a different view point. Definately a must for Trekkies!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5shatner tell his memories of behind the scenes
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Indispensable memoir from the guy on the, uh, ground.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Star Trek fans will undoubtedly enjoy Shatner’s reminiscences about the movies that continue the Star Trek saga. Some may think he was a bit biased in his recollections, but it seems to me that he was pretty candid in his statements. He includes some self-deprecating humor, as well as talking about mistakes and things he would do over if he could. He has nice things to say about his costars, and never lays blame for failures on anyone. It’s a nice look into the problems that occurred on set, and how they dealt with script rewrites and budget and time constraints. All in all, it’s an informative look at the behind scenes on movie sets that most of us will never be privy to. Having the audio read by Shatner just made it all the more enjoyable.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A behind-the-scenes look at six STAR TREK movies with William Shatner telling all from the set of the seventh film. Here are the stories, the turmoil, the chaos, the production mishaps . . . everything associated with the making of a Hollywood film fills the pages of this fascinating memoir. There are interviews, remembrances, stories, anecdotes, trivia, and more than one hundred never-before-seen photographs, all certain to intrigue and please STAR TREK’s many fans. Readers who can’t get enough of the USS Enterprise and her intrepid crew will find much to appreciate here.Highly recommended.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Although I liked this book, it was not nearly as enjoyable or personal as his previous book “Star Trek Memories”. Mainly, he talked about all the different script ideas, studio politicking and production disasters involved in bringing the various Star Trek movies to the big screen. His rare spurts of personal reflection involved 1) his description of being unemployed and living out of his truck after the original series was cancelled – which I thought was touching, 2) a page and a half describing George Takei as a “nut” – which really turned me off (I think he was trying to be funny, but it fell flat) and 3) describing how he tried to patch things up with Walter Koenig and James Doohan on the set of Star Trek: Generations.
Still, I found all the discarded story ideas and might-have-beens fascinating. Can you imagine how bad Star Trek IV would have been with Eddie Murphy starring as a nutty professor? It almost happened. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm not even a Star Trek fan (but I do follow William Shatner on Google and find him intriguing) but I really enjoyed this book. To read about each Star Trek movie from Shatner's perspective was insightful and entertaining. Now, I'm seriously considering watching all movies with the original cast back-to-back.